Diploma of Sustainability

Where this course may lead

Make your own future career sustainable! Wodonga TAFE offers the Diploma of Sustainability as a dual diploma qualification for current or past diploma students, in any study area or industry sector. The Diploma of Sustainability is designed for delivery as a dual qualification in conjunction with a number of relevant diplomas.

The skills and knowledge that you gain will enable you to embed sustainability principles and strategies into your everyday work practices. You will be better equipped to understand the economic, social and environmental implications of different industries and able to develop your own thinking around sustainability practices.

What you learn

This course explores the concepts and principles of sustainability, enabling you to develop the skills and knowledge you need to implement sustainable practices in the workplace. This course provides: 

• an understanding of the key sustainability concepts, principles, and issues, and an introduction to tools used to measure and assess our sustainability impacts
• an insight into behaviour-change strategies and an opportunity to design and implement a program for sustainable behaviour change, and the skills to analyse and prepare a ‘triple bottom line’ business case to assist with sustainable decision-making.

Delivery method and course duration

This course consists of workshops along with a variety of projects and assessment tasks in your own time. Ongoing phone and email mentoring is available throughout the course. The study options available to you are:

• Tuesday evenings, 6pm-9pm, 7 February to 26 June 2012
• Friday fortnightly, 9am-4pm, 3 February to 15 June 2012
• Distance education (online class), 7pm-8pm, Thursday 2 February to 28 June 2012.

Each of these study modes has project and assessment tasks that will require an equivalent time commitment (approximate only) to successfully complete the diploma.

The units you study for this qualification may vary according to industry and workplace requirements. Please contact the department for a full list of units available to you.

This qualification may have prerequisites, co-requisite or bridging units from lower or higher level qualifications. For further clarification contact the department.

Where applicants can show evidence of prior qualification or experience in a related field, there may be an opportunity to apply for recognition to be given for previous study, knowledge, and/or skills resulting from work or life experience relevant to this qualification. Please contact the department for further information about Skills Recognition.

Fees and charges

Information about course fees is available from our website at www.wodongatafe.edu.au/feesandcharges, or refer to our Fees, Charges and Refunds brochure.

How to apply

Please apply direct to the department.

Entry requirements

The Diploma of Sustainability has been designed to be studied concurrently with studies in another program (diploma level or above), or to complement qualifications already completed. Participants without an existing qualification may still enrol in this course, and will be presented with a statement of attainment for the four specialisation units completed.

Quick links

The Centre for Sustainable Skills

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